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Recently, a team led by Leif Kullman in Sweden examined the growing Canadian spruce.

To look young and slender tree, but it is a new escape, that is actually "clone" that grew on the site of ancient fir, which is over 9550 years old. Thus, it is now the oldest single tree on the planet. Near it rise and other clones, the roots of which 5660 and 9000 years.

The oldest in the world and is recognized as a colony of poplars in Utah (USA). This single organism, consisting of nearly fifty thousand genetically identical trees, with a common root system, continually reproduces itself by providing its own immortality.



Regarding the age of the colony scientists have not yet agreed. Some believe that the tree has sprouted founding more than 80 thousand years ago, while others believe that the age of this giant organism with a total weight of more than six thousand tons more than 800 thousand years.

Tragically over the fate of the pine species Pinus longaeva named Prometheus (Prometheus). It is the oldest known non-cloned trees, unfortunately, was cut down in 1964 by employees of the Federal forestry management in the United States during the scientific research of a master's degree.



Even after death relic was well established that his age is about 5,000 years old. Pine grown in the state of Nevada in the north-eastern slope of Mount Wheeler National Park "Great Basin».

One pine tree of the same species was discovered in California, the National Forest "Inyo».



When her studies in 1957, experts have pinpointed that it sprouted in 2832 BC, and therefore, her age at that time was 4789 years. Tree called Methuselah (Methuselah) after one of the biblical figures who lived for 969 years. Now, after the death of Prometheus, this pine is the oldest individual (non-cloned) by a living organism on the planet. For the safety of the location of longevity remain secret.

In Iran, in the province of Yazd (Yazd), found cypress, named Sarv-e-Abarca (Sarv-e-Abarqu).



Sometimes it is also called Zoroatrina Sarv (Zoroatrina Sarv). Age of a tree, on estimates of experts, is about 4,000 years old.

Tees at the age of about 4,000 years growing in the courtyard of the parish church in the village of Llangernyu (Llangernyw) in Wales.



In June 2002, on the occasion of the "golden jubilee" of Queen Elizabeth II is recognized as a relic of the British national treasure.

Fitsroyya kiparisovidnaya (Fitzroya cupressoides) is the second after the Methuselah tree-centenarians in the world, whose age was accurately determined in 1993 when calculating the annual rings.



She 3622 year, it grows in the south of Chile in the coastal reserve. In tropical rain forests is and many other of the ancient trees of this species, which is called here Alerke (Alerce).

The biggest and oldest in the United States type of cypress Taxodium distichum named Senator (Senator) is a large tree in the Park (Big Tree Park) in Florida.



Cypress Named in honor of State Senator MO Overstreet, who gave the tree and the surrounding land under the arrangement of the park. Age Senator now stands at 3400-3500 years.

Among other trees centenarians can remember juniper tree in Utah.



Its age is initially estimated at 3,200 years, and is now reduced to 1500.



Olive trees in Crete (pictured above) - 2000 years. Until now, the two olive trees produce fruit in the Arabian Peninsula and five in Israel have reached about 3,000 years. Oliva in Sardinia a bit older - she from 3000 to 4000 years. Age of a tree growing in Brazil Abarca (Cariniana legalis), which is nicknamed "Handsome Patriarch» (Patriarca da Floresta), is estimated to be 3,000 years old (pictured below).



A search and other long-lived trees to determine their age made special cuts. Unfortunately, in some species of annual rings absent or mild, and assess how old they are, it is impossible.